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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the message is delivered to Winterbourne, what happens to Daisy?

2. What does Winterbourne scold Daisy about?

3. What has Daisy already noticed Mr. Giovanelli doing?

4. Winterbourne makes a conclusion that Daisy is not an innocent child but a woman with what attribute?

5. What does Winterbourne agree that Daisy should do?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the American women try to prevent Daisy from going to meet Giovanelli?

2. To solve the problem of Daisy's going alone, how does Winterbourne provide an answer?

3. In what way does Daisy turn the tables on Winterbourne when he warns her about Giovanelli?

4. How does Winterbourne respond to Mrs. Costello?

5. How does Winterbourne begin to size up Giovanelli?

6. What shows the determination of Mrs. Walker to save the reckless American girl?

7. How does Winterbourne respond to Mrs. Walker's request that he stop seeing Daisy?

8. How does Giovanelli attempt to warn off Winterbourne who is walking toward him and Daisy?

9. At Mrs. Walker's party, how does Winterbourne alter to stop Daisy's behavior?

10. How does Henry James satirize Americans in the scene at Mrs. Walker's afternoon gathering?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay about means of travel. Discuss (although it is not mentioned per se in the novella) how the Millers came from America and the various means of transportation mentioned in the book. Your essay should then compare travel in the 19th Century to 21st Century travel.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay entitled, I Think Daisy Miller Would Fit in Well Today. What would she be like today? How would she dress? How would she be accepted by society today? Write about Daisy as a forerunner of the modern American woman.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay on the modern social distinction of money. Use the example of a girl or boy from a wealthy family falling in love with someone from a middle income family. Discuss how such situations may play out.

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